Strategic Plan 2006
The Department of Energy

Mission:
Discovering the solutions to power and secure America's future

Vision
Results in our lifetime to ensure …
• Energy Security
• National Security
• Science-Driven Technology Revolutions
• One Department of Energy — Keeping our commitments

Strategic Themes
• Promoting America's energy security through reliable, clean, and affordable energy
• Ensuring America's nuclear security
• Strengthening U.S. scientific discovery, economic competitiveness, and improving quality of life through innovations in science and technology
• Protecting the environment by providing a responsible resolution to the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons production
• Enabling the mission through sound management

Priorities
Scientific and Technological Innovation
Nuclear Security
• Nation's nuclear deterrent and infrastructure transformation
• Nuclear WMD/radiological threat prevention
• Naval Reactors
Energy Security
• Nuclear power development
• Solar and biomass advancement
• Clean Coal
• Hydrogen
Environmental Stewardship

Operating Principles
• Ensure safe, secure, and environmentally responsible operations
• Act with a sense of urgency
• Work together
• Treat people with dignity and respect
• Make the tough choices
• Keep our commitments
• Embrace innovation
• Always tell the truth
• Do the right thing  

Strategic Theme 1
Energy Security
Promoting America's energy security through reliable, clean, and affordable energy

Goal 1.1  Energy Diversity
Increase our energy options and reduce dependence on oil, thereby reducing vulnerability to disruptions and increasing the flexibility of the market to meet U.S. needs.

Goal 1.2  Environmental Impacts of Energy
Improve the quality of the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts to land, water, and air from energy production and use.  

Goal 1.3  Energy Infrastructure
Create a more flexible, more reliable, and higher capacity U.S. energy infrastructure.

Goal 1.4  Energy Productivity
Cost-effectively improve the energy efficiency of the U.S. economy.

Strategic Theme 2
Nuclear Security
Ensuring America's Nuclear Security

Goal 2.1  Nuclear Deterrent
Transform the Nation's nuclear deterrent and supporting infrastructure to be more responsive to the threats of the 21st Century.  

Goal 2.2  Weapons of Mass Destruction
Prevent the acquisition of nuclear and radiological materials for use in weapons of mass destruction and in other acts of terrorism.

Goal 2.3  Nuclear Propulsion Plants
Provide safe, militarily-effective nuclear propulsion plants to the U.S. Navy

Strategic Theme 3
Scientific Discovery & Innovation
Strengthening U.S. scientific discovery, economic competitiveness, and improving
quality of life through innovations in science and technology

Goal 3.1  Scientific Breakthroughs
Achieve the major scientific discoveries that will drive U.S. competitiveness; inspire America; and revolutionize our approaches to the Nation’s energy, national security, and environmental quality challenges.  

Goal 3.2  Foundations of Science
Deliver the scientific facilities, train the next generation of scientists and engineers, and provide the laboratory infrastructure required for U.S. scientific primacy.  

Goal 3.3  Research Integration
Integrate basic and applied research to accelerate innovation and to create transformational solutions for energy and other U.S. needs.  

Strategic Theme 4
Environmental Responsibility
Protecting the environment by providing a responsible resolution to
the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons production

Goal 4.1  Environmental Cleanup
Complete cleanup of the contaminated nuclear weapons manufacturing and testing sites across the U.S.

Goal 4.2  Managing the Legacy
Manage the Department's post-closure responsibilities and ensure the future protection of human health and the environment.

Strategic Theme 5
Management Excellence
Enabling the mission through sound management

Goal 5.1  Integrated Management
Institute an integrated business management approach throughout DOE with clear roles and responsibilities and accountability to include effective line management oversight by both Federal and contractor organizations.

Goal 5.2  Human Capital
Ensure that the DOE workforce is capable of meeting the challenges of the 21st Century by attracting, motivating, and retaining a highly skilled and diverse workforce to do the best job.

Goal 5.3  Infrastructure
Build, modernize, and maintain facilities and infrastructure to achieve mission goals and ensure a safe and secure workplace.

Goal 5.4  Resources
Institutionalize a fully, integrated resource management strategy that that supports mission needs and postures the Department for continuous business process improvement.